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The Secret Life of an American Art Forger
Pegasus
August 2012
On Sale: August 1, 2012
368 pages
ISBN: 1605983608
EAN: 9781605983608
Kindle: B008DR6ROK
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Non-Fiction
It is said that the greatest art forger in the world
is the one who has never been caught—the astonishing story
of America’s most accomplished art
forger. Ten years ago, an FBI investigation
in conjunction with the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the
Southern District of New York was about to expose a scandal
in the art world that would have been front-page news in New
York and London. After a trail of fake paintings of
astonishing quality led federal agents to art dealers,
renowned experts, and the major auction houses, the
investigation inexplicably ended, despite an abundance of
evidence collected. The case was closed and the FBI file was
marked “exempt from public disclosure.” Now that the
statute of limitations on these crimes has expired and the
case appears hermetically sealed shut by the FBI, this book,
Caveat Emptor, is Ken Perenyi’s confession. It is
the story, in detail, of how he pulled it all
off. Glamorous stories of art-world scandal have
always captured the public imagination. However, not since
Clifford Irving’s 1969 bestselling Fake has there
been a story at all like this one. Caveat Emptor is
unique in that it is the first and only book by and about
America’s first and only great art forger. And unlike other
forgers, Perenyi produced no paper trail, no fake provenance
whatsoever; he let the paintings speak for themselves. And
that they did, routinely mesmerizing the experts in mere
seconds. In the tradition of Frank Abagnale’s
Catch Me If You Can, and certain to be a bombshell
for the major international auction houses and galleries,
here is the story of America’s greatest art forger. 32
pages of color illustrations and photographs
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